Conformity assessment bodies - testing laboratories

The inspection body SEELAB, based at TÜV NORD, is accredited by the Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS) as a type A inspection body in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17020:2012.

Our comprehensive accreditation in the field of railway technology includes inspection according to individual standards as well as inspection according to the "Technical Specifications for Interoperability" (TSI) and independent safety assessment according to the European Regulation (EU) 402/2013 ("CSM Regulation"). This enables us to carry out comprehensive inspections in many areas of railway technology.

Inspections based on the Technical Specifications for Interoperability TSI

• TSI INF Infrastructure
• TSI Loc&Pas vehicles
• TSI WAG Freight wagons
• TSI NOI Noise
• TSI ZZS Train control / train protection / signalling
• TSI ENE Energy
• TSI SRT Tunnels
• TSI PRM Persons with Reduced Mobility

Inspections on the basis of individual standards

• Functional safety
• Control and safety technology
• Occupational safety
• Fire protection
• Tramway construction and operation

Independent safety assessments on the basis of CSM Regulation 402/2013

• Assessment of the suitability, application and results of risk management procedures in the structural subsystems rolling stock, infrastructure, energy and CCS

TÜV NORD is recognised by the Federal Railway Authority as an Independent Assessment Body in accordance with the Implementing Regulation (EU) 402/2013 ("CSM Regulation"). On the basis of this recognition, TÜV NORD is authorised as a type A inspection body to carry out independent assessments for the subsystem "railway vehicles" (in the field of CCS limited to "integration into the vehicle").

TÜV NORD is recognised in Germany as a Designated Body in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/797 by the Federal Railway Authority. The recognition includes conformity assessments according to Notified National Technical Rules (NNTR) in the subsystems

• Railway vehicles
• Train control/ train protection
  • Train protection
    • Safe integration: PZB, LZB, GNT and ETCS
    • Component assessment
  • Radio communication (voice)
    • Safe integration: GSM-R and analogue train radio
    • Component evaluation: GSM-R and analogue train radio

TÜV NORD is recognised in Denmark as a Designated Body by the Danish Transport Agency (Trafikstyrelsen). The recognition includes conformity assessments according to Notified National Technical Rules (NNTR).

• About TÜV NORD LUXEMBOURG S.à r.l. can carry out EC conformity assessments in the railway sector in accordance with the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI). The EC conformity assessments are carried out in accordance with the European "Interoperability Directive" (EU) 2016/797 in the structural subsystems:
• Rolling stock
• infrastructure
• Train control, command and signalling (CCS)
• Energy
• Based on its accreditation as a certification body in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17065 by the German Accreditation Body DAkkS, TÜV NORD LUXEMBOURG S.à r.l. is notified as a Notified Body for Railway Interoperability (NoBo; organisme notifié).
• In addition, TÜV NORD LUXEMBOURG S.à r.l. is recognised as a Designated Body (DeBo; organsime compétent) by the Administration des Chemins de Fer in Luxembourg for conformity assessment in accordance with the notified national Luxembourg technical regulations.

TÜV NORD Mobilität GmbH & Co. KG, through its certification body, is accredited by the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17065 as an accredited certification body for products, processes and services under the DAkkS procedure number: D-ZE-11109-01-00.

TÜV NORD Mobilität GmbH & Co. KG is accredited by the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) as a certification body for products, processes and services in the fields of automotive functional safety, railway technology and fire protection, for the certification of the safety, quality and reliability of hardware, software, hardware-software systems, processes and materials in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17065 (accreditation number: D-ZE-11109-01-00).

• We issue certificates for safety, quality and reliability to our customers, including Safety Approved, Safety Approved SEooC, Fire Approved Material, Trusted Tool, Trusted Process, FSM and Trusted Production.
• Your products are complex, as are the development and manufacturing processes involved in their production. Consequently, it is difficult for manufacturers to demonstrate the safety and quality of their products transparently, and for users to assess that safety and quality.
• Through our certificates, we confirm the safety, quality and reliability of your software, hardware, materials or processes.
• Manufacturers gain an additional selling point, whilst users gain the assurance that they are using high-quality products.
• The work of the certification body is based on the absolute safeguarding of the confidentiality of the information disclosed during the certification process. Only in this way is it possible to simultaneously process competing products or systems that are subject to confidentiality requirements.

Your benefit

• Protection of people and the environment
• Cross-system expertise from a single provider
• Comprehensive support from our experts
• Independent and needs-based advice
• Officially recognised expert reports
• In-depth knowledge of homologation processes